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Panama Canal
Construction & Trials
Build started in 1904
It is 50 miles long
it was finished in 1914
The heat and the Mosquitoes were the main trial.
This helped give men deadly diseases
It was first controlled by United States then passed to Panama Canal. In 1979 and transferred to them in 1999
U.S purchase the building zone in 1902 for 40 million
This Project killed many
Roosevelt's Involvement
He received backlash on how he proceeded to build it.
He was also expected to bail out the French.
He was the front runner for the project
The French thought it was lost cause.
Nicaragua
The original place they were going to build
shut down by an active volcano
Also shut down because of Bunau-Varilla
"What Is the Purpose of the Panama Canal?"
To connect Atlantic and Pacific
It is still important today
It is also maintain and remodeled today.
People Involvement
Johns Stevens was the engineer in 1905 but left the scene in 1906
Lt. Col George Washington Goethals took over